Charlie Maguire and Pop Wagner celebrate the spirit of Woody Guthrie February 19, 2020 On Saturday, Feb. 22, Charlie Maguire and Pop Wagner will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the writing of Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land.' Maguire and Wagner visited Radio Heartland to talk about Woody Guthrie and to play some music.
Inspired by Ken Burns, Aster Cafe launches country-music series February to June February 17, 2020 The third Wednesday of the month for the next five months will be dedicated to live concerts by Minnesota musicians, playing country music organized by time period, roughly mirroring the popular PBS series by Burns. Maygen Lacey, one of the event organizers and performers, visited Radio Heartland to talk to Mike Pengra about this live series.
Ellis Delaney performs at Radio Heartland February 11, 2020 Formerly known by the mononym Ellis, singer-songwriter Ellis Delaney is soon to release her 10th album, 'Ordinary Love.' In the run-up to the release, Ellis Delaney visited Radio Heartland to play songs from the new record.
Sarah Morris performs songs from 'All Mine' at Radio Heartland February 3, 2020 Minneapolis singer-songwriter Sarah Morris will soon be releasing her fifth album, 'All Mine.' Ahead of the release, Morris and her band visited Radio Heartland to play songs from the forthcoming record.
Interview with Mandolin Orange January 30, 2020 In town for a show at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Mandolin Orange's Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz visited The Current for a conversation with Mike Pengra about what proved to be a meteoric year for the band, some of their side projects, the music of Bob Dylan, and what might be next for the Chapel Hill, N.C., outfit.
Taylor James Donskey peels back the layers on 'Paper Over It' January 14, 2020 Taylor James Donskey is celebrating the release of his album, 'Paper Over It,' with a show at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 16. Before the show, Donskey stopped at Radio Heartland to talk to Mike Pengra and to spin some tracks from the album.
'The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show' revives a classic holiday tradition December 21, 2019 The country star thought it 'would be a fun way to bring my old Christmas album back in the form of those old Christmas specials that we love.'
Pieta Brown and friends merge on 'Freeway' December 15, 2019 For her latest album, 'Freeway,' Pieta Brown knew which musicians she wanted to work with and where she wanted to record. Gathering a number of accomplished players from Wisconsin and Minnesota, Brown recorded her new album at April Base in Wisconsin. On a recent visit to The Current, Brown and her friends performed some songs from the resulting album for a session heard on United States of Americana.
Hawktail perform music from their forthcoming album live at Radio Heartland December 2, 2019 Hawktail - an instrumental acoustic band comprising Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert, Jordan Tice and Dominick Leslie - will release their second album, 'Formations,' in January 2020. They visited Radio Heartland to play a couple selections from the new record and also to play a piece from their debut release, 'Unless.'
Wild Ponies run free in the Radio Heartland studio November 20, 2019 Doug and Telisha Williams are the Nashville duo Wild Ponies. They've been playing together since high school and still are heavy road warriors. They were in our area for a handful of gigs recently, and they brought their gear into our studio for a session.